Word: handgun
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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With his customary bluntness, Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley summed up his side of the argument: "It is the obligation of Government to prevent its citizens from being shot. It is the obligation of Government, therefore, to eliminate the handgun, as much as possible, from our society...
...addition, Sheriff Buckley said that three out of every four victims of handgun homicides are friends, relatives, and acquaintances. "The handgun is available in an emotional moment and it is used," Buckley said...
Stephen Thornton, president of the Massachusetts Council of Sportsmen, said handgun ownership is part of "the American independent spirit...
When Jacqueline Nash, 24, pleaded guilty to possessing an unregistered handgun in East Cleveland, Judge James De Vinne was ready to sentence her to three days in jail. Suddenly her fiancé approached the bench. He was to blame, said Roderick Hinson. They had quarreled, and it was his pistol that she had been brandishing in the street. Well, said the judge, would Hinson be willing to serve the sentence for her? Yes, said Hinson, and after kissing and making up with Miss Nash, he went cheerfully off to jail...
...debate goes on, other gun control advocates like Wohlberg and Litsas continue working to get rid of what they say is the most immediate cause of the problem--the handgun that is so readily available and easy to use, but which so often inflicts terrible and irreversible damage...